Despite a prison population with 4,000 fewer incarcerated people than a decade ago, uses of force inside Alabama prisons have increased 47% during that time, according to ADOC’s own internal data.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A former Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) tactical officer will serve more than a year in prison for covering up an excessive force incident for a fellow officer, ...

Anderson claimed he was holding the inmate’s head down to prevent Mathis from spitting on him, but investigators determined ...

Marcy, N.Y. — Officials on Monday identified the inmate who died last week after the “use of force” by staff members in a Utica-area state prison. The inmate is Robert L. Brooks, 43, according to ...

A former corrections officer at the Lancaster County Department of Corrections has filed a lawsuit appealing his firing in February over his use of force against an inmate who was assaulting him.

The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) received Governor Bill Owens' STAR Award (State Top Achievement Recognition) for saving $90,000 by revamping its Basic Training Remedial Firearms Program ...

A three-week course boosting the skills of corrections instructors from across the region on the use of force concluded successfully last week in Bermuda. Instructors from other Overseas Territories ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Investigators said they found at least four policy violations at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, involving improper use of pepper spray, delayed response to ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Tennessee Department of Corrections officer was sentenced to 15 months in prison after writing a false report to cover up another officer’s use of excessive force, the U.S.